What's on your mind?
~C4Chaos
Access: PublicWhat's the Plan?
~C4Chaos
T. Boone Pickens explains his plan to get the U.S. out of oil dependency.
Check out http://www.pickensplan.com/ for more details.
The Dark Knight is inspired by Teddy Roosevelt
~C4Chaos
via History: Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight
Eat Your Heart Out, Scott McClellan! Bugliosi Got Bigger Balls!
~C4Chaos
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
Wow! I just ordered the book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, yesterday from Amazon via free shipping, but it was already waiting in my mailbox this morning! That's as fast as Netflix. Sweet.
The TV networks and mainstream press jumped all over Scott McClellan's memoir, but mainstream media continues to ignore this book. Talk about spineless.
And so I'm putting my money where my heart is by ordering this book. All the debates about the Iraq war and foreign policy in this presidential election are political distractions. Let's go back to first principles.
Satire Trumps Serious Issues
~C4Chaos
A conversation with David Remnick, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, is now up on Charlie Rose.
I didn't like the cartoon either (who says you have to like a satire?), but it's no big deal. I agree with Jon Stewart's hilarious defense of the cartoon.
For me the bottom line is this: The New Yorker and JibJab satire (funny as they are) got more media hoopla than the real issues that plunged the U.S. into geopolitical chaos.
P.S. Screw the mainstream news media. I'm gonna watch myFORA - http://fora.tv/myfora/c4chaos
Do you believe in the evolution of human consciousness?
~C4Chaos
What's your caffeine level today?
~C4Chaos
I just took The Caffeine Test. Below is the result. And I haven't even drank my Red Bull yet.
Thanks to IOC for the heads up!
Why Electric Vehicles (EV) Rock
~C4Chaos
Here's another case in point why electricity is the most promising alternative fuel that can lead to energy independence.
"CNN's Miles O'Brien profiles Marc Geller, an electric car owner and a passionate supporter of this technology. " [watch video here]
Hydrogen cars, air compressed cars, plug-in hybrids, all good. But electric cars are already in our midst, just waiting for a second coming.
It's good to know that the Toyota RAV4 EV is still out there, driven by hundreds of owners across the United States.
What gets in the way of being fully present?
~C4Chaos
The Internet had already called the election for Obama
~C4Chaos
(Crossposted from www.c4chaos.com)
In my previous post I've implied that McCain's internet illiteracy doesn't matter that much. Allow me to clarify more on that.
What I really wanted to say is that, McCain's internet illiteracy matters little for a McCain presidency, but it's crucial for a McCain candidacy. McCain's internet illiteracy reflects the internet (or Web) illiteracy of the people running McCain's campaign.
The battle for attention (and fundraising) in cyberspace is what the McCain (and Hillary Clinton) campaign had failed to win over. Obama beat them on the internet. The Internet called the election for Obama during the Democratic primary and it would continue to do so in the national election.
However, with great technology comes great responsibility. Team Obama had succeeded on getting online attention by capitalizing on social networks, but this exposure makes it easy for people to gang up on the Obama campaign. Case in point: FISA protest on Obama's website. In fact, I felt so strongly about FISA that I started my own Barack Obama blog. Fortunately for Obama, the people running his campaign understand how to deal (or rather forced to deal) with the reality of social networks. Team Obama was quick to acknowledge and respond to the protest by posting Obama's explanation for his decision. The keyword here is "acknowledge." Those who understand social networks know that acknowledgment and quick response is good PR on the Web.
Clay Shirky has more to say on this. See FORA.tv: Clay Shirky on Social Networks and the Obama Campaign.
kosmicaperture
July 2008